Story: Canoeing and rafting

Exploring the Waikato River

Members of the New Zealand Canoe Association, formed
in 1950, encounter the spectacular Whakaheke rapids on
the Waikato River while exploring in rubber dinghies in
1957. During the late 1940s and the 1950s, surplus air
force inflatable dinghies were used in waters that were
inaccessible for canoes.